Species: Peltigera retifoveata
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Ascomycetes
Order
Peltigerales
Family
Peltigeraceae
Genus
Peltigera
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
peltigère éponge
Informal Taxonomy
Fungi/Lichens - Lichens
Formal Taxonomy
Fungi - Ascomycota - Ascomycetes - Peltigerales - Peltigeraceae - Peltigera - Ann. Bot. Fennici. 22.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
2 cm broad; margins undulating, downturned. Veins distinct, broad, with erect tomentum. Rhizines present, separate, stout, not long (to 7 mm); isidia, soredia, and lobules absent; apothecia lecanorine, often on the tips of upright lobes; disk brown or black; spores multiseptate (McCune and Geiser 1997).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4?
Global Status Last Reviewed
2011-02-14
Global Status Last Changed
2011-02-14
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Circumpolar south to Washington and Alberta (McCune and Geiser 1997). Known from Norway, Sweden, Finland, and northern Asia (The threatened macroclichen project 1996).